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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RickieB, post: 604707, member: 2486&quot;]Hontonai....</p><p><u>As I replied to HoBo....</u></p><p><br /></p><p>Quote:</p><p>Originally Posted by Hobo&nbsp; </p><p>The 600:1 ratio (coin collectors to currency collectors on CoinTalk) is not correct. You are assuming that EVERY CoinTalk member who is not one of the 30 active currency collectors is a coin collector. I&#039;m sure there are many CT members who are not among the &#039;30&#039; but who collect coins &amp; currency or currency only (but to a less conspicuous degree than the &#039;30&#039;). </p><p><br /></p><p>Also, I would be willing to bet that a HUGE portion of the 18,000 CT members are not active members and should not be included in your count of CT coin collectors. A large number of CT members have only one or two posts asking the value of a coin, why their Lincoln Cent has Kennedy&#039;s image stamped into it, etc. and have never returned. Those thousands of inactive &quot;members&quot; should not be counted. </p><p><br /></p><p>My guess is that of active CT members the ratio of coin collectors to currency collectors is closer to 15 or 20 to 1, not 600 to 1. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>By RickieB:</p><p><br /></p><p><u><b>I pretty much knew that this remark may very well come up so let me explain the 600:1 to you a little better. At one time or another over 18,800people who signed up to this site displayed an interest in coins and paper money, to me that means they were active at that timepoint. Wether they remain active or not, is not the question, that is the total member count on this site thus far. </b></u>I am not trying to dispute any real number count, but if you look at statistics the number is well supported. </p><p>Now wether or not we choose to collect certain items is purely a personal choice. If you were to break it down into demographic groups of questions ...well there would be many diverse catagories to scan through!</p><p><br /></p><p>What I am trying to point out is that Paper Money Collecting is realitively new, compared to coin collecting which is deeply rooted into the history of this and most every other Country! So why do we have small numbers of Paper Money Collectors is the real question here?</p><p><br /></p><p>If you were to have asked me 5 years ago if I would have ever considered collecting Paper Money, I would have replied, no way! Nothing beats gold, silver or platinum in my book!</p><p><br /></p><p>But what I see in Paper Money is not a real/hard asset like the metals, but more of an ART form that has embraced every Nation in this World for as long as time has been recorded. It&#039;s simple once you see it, engraving is an ART accomplished only by true Masters of the Art. How many of you have stated that &quot;WOW, if only the Paper Money today were more like what it once was&quot;! I have said it and wish with every ounce of my soul that the BEP would release Special engravings of currency like they do commem coins!</p><p><br /></p><p>Everyonce in a while you will see a special coin and currency set, but that is only every once in a while! Coins are a market and the U.S. Mint knows this very well. Heck, they used to get thousands of dollars from me every year!</p><p><br /></p><p>SO please do not misunderstand my thread, I am trying to make a valid point that the ratio of coin to paper money collectors is a lopsided giant!</p><p><br /></p><p>I so look forward to the day that Paper Grows into the beast that coins have grown into.</p><p><br /></p><p>Best regards everyone,</p><p><br /></p><p>RickieB[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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